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Transport Accident Act 1986
41AUnregistered motor vehicle accidents on private land excluded[[7]](#endnote-8)
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41A Unregistered motor vehicle accidents on private land excluded[[7]](#endnote-8)
(1) The Commission is not liable to pay compensation in accordance with this Act in respect of a person who is injured or dies as a result of a transport accident involving the driving of an unregistered motor vehicle or unregistered motor vehicles on private land.
(2) In subsection (1)—
***private land*** means any land (whether publicly or privately owned) that—
(a) is not a highway; and
(b) members of the public may not enter or may not remain on without permission;
S. 41A(2) def. of *unregistered motor vehicle* amended by No. 34/2023 s. 60.
***unregistered motor vehicle*** means a motor vehicle which has never been registered under Part 2 of the **Road Safety Act 1986** or a corresponding law of another State or a Territory and in respect of which an applicable transport accident charge was not paid at the time that the transport accident occurred.
S. 41A(3) inserted by No. 49/2018 s. 7.
(3) Despite anything to the contrary in subsection (1), the Commission is not liable to pay compensation in respect of a person who is injured or dies as a result of a transport accident involving a pedal cycle and an unregistered motor vehicle on private land.
S. 41B inserted by No. 84/1994 s. 6.